George O'Leary

If Blake Bortles helped NFL fans find UCF on the national map last year, then Breshad Perriman could make sure they don't forget it. In just a few days, the Knights will find out if they can pull off another NFL draft day surprise by having athletes selected in the first round during back-to-back years. It's a draft day that could impact the public's perception of a non-Power 5 school planted in the heart of SEC country and four hours south of Florida State, an ACC juggernaut. "I kind of feel like UCF is a sleeping giant," said Mike Mayock, an NFL Network analyst. "And they're in the middle of one of the best recruiting bases, if not the best...

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UCF football will close several practices to the public when preseason camp starts next week.
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UCF football will start preseason camp next week without two projected starters to its most depleted position groups, the secondary and wide receivers.
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UCF football player Chris Williams was shot following an argument at King Tut’s Lounge near campus and treated at Florida Hospital East for non-life threatening injuries early Saturday morning, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
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George O'Leary made his first official staff hire as UCF's interim athletic director.
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Running off at the typewriter …
My question is very simple: Why is star running back Dalvin Cook even at Florida State in the first place?
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Running off at the typewriter …If anybody out there really believes George O'Leary is just UCF's temporary "interim" athletic director, I've got some oceanfront property in Topeka I'd like to sell you. It seems fairly obvious that O'Leary...

UCF President John Hitt is no dummy.
In fact, he is considered one of the most brilliant university presidents in this country.
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UCF football is not joining the Big 12 ... today.
But for the sake of conversation, how exactly does the Knights' record stack up against the other Big 12 schools?
Based on cumulative records from the past four years, UCF would be doing quite...

The seemingly daily speculation mill about the Big 12's commitment to expansion hasn't been lost on George O'Leary.
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Former UCF football coach Gene McDowell will be honored with an endowed scholarship in his name this fall, according to the school's sports administrators.
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George O'Leary said he loves an adventure. Come July 11, he'll embark on the rare journey, juggling the duties of leading UCF's athletic department and football program.The school formally introduced O'Leary as its interim athletic director before a small...

UCF has named football coach George O'Leary interim athletic director, two sources confirmed to the Orlando Sentinel.
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George O'Leary was only half-kidding when he riled up a group of older UCF football fans with his thoughts on making beer available to the masses at Bright House Networks Stadium.
"I don't know why we don't sell beer in the stadium when we let...

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